Posted on 01/18/2011 7:30:58 PM PST by LdSentinal
Congressman Darrell Issa, the new oversight cop in Washington, will announce his first hearing tomorrow, and Politico's Mike Allen has reported that it will focus on the mortgage crisis.
We won't know what the scope of this hearing will be until witnesses and a narrower topic is announced, and we won't know whether it will turn into a full-blown investigation until Issa's Oversight and Government Reform Committee receives testimony and documents and decides whether or not it's interested in pursuing further study.
It's possible, however, that this will turn quite political.
If committee Republicans choose to investigate the preferential loans received by Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad from Countrywide--loans that embroiled both senators in controversy almost two years ago--that's exactly what will happen, as Democrats would likely take offense at scrutiny of their colleagues, initiated in Issa's very first oversight actions as committee chairman. The word "witch hunt" would probably be used.
Dodd left Congress at the end of 2010. Conrad, meanwhile, announced today that he'll retire.
A committee spokesman declined to comment on whether an investigation into the mortgage crisis would include looks at Dodd, Conrad, or Countrywide's scandalous program of special mortgage deals for influential people.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Country Wide is on your Side!!!!
mmm mmm mmm
Is Rahm E going to be on the list?
That was Nationwide......
if you’re not a witch, you have nothing to fear.
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Ve vant to see your papers.....
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[It’s possible, however, that this will turn quite political]
Well Daaaa! I sure hope so, lol.
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Dorgan - gone
Conrad - gone 2012
Lieberman - gone 2012
The left is jumping ship bigtime
A Sue-Nami is a-comin’
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[A Sue-Nami is a-comin’]
Is there a Sue-nominee in the offing?
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Could be
Lots of Republican women elected in ‘10
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Yes there were. I can’t recall the numbers. Mostly remember the big names who didn’t make it.
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They scare the old 4-5 term RINO Senators too
Tough!
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The RINOS sold out bigtime
Joined “the club”
DC is warmer winters than North Dakota, Massachussetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan, Illinois, etc..
As FEDS and States allowed and gave into huge gov. union pensions and civil service pensions and teaher’s pensions
Unfunded pension Doomsday was ignored and politicians and bureaucrats ate and drank and partied together
The retire - to huge pensions and benefits themselves
The bubbles burst - so property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes (VAT on the way!), fees, 0pansycare taxes and fines -
Sock it to the dumb peons!
We covered them with healthcare - under all that BS and brand new taxes and premiums!
“There has got to be a phoney in there!”
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The men are too predictable
The democrats would never have agreed to sit with Republicans during State Of The Union in 2009 or 2010
“We won!”
Secret dem only conferences and suddenly a ‘shovel ready’ bill appears - with no debate or ammendments allowed
The new Speaker better dry his dainty tears and man-up pronto
Michelle Bachman would not be crying every few minutes
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I’m going to be interested in watching Texas politics. Perry keeps saying no tax increase but much will be cut.
I read that one state in the northeast is raising it’s state income tax to 75%........I know I read that somewhere but can’t believe it could be true. You probably know.
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Illinois dems say the +60% income tax hike is “only temporary” -
Like the ‘Spanish-American War’ tax was I guess.....
States burned through (spent) the alleged pension fund ‘trusts’ employees were required to contribute to -
It would have been cheaper to hire Bernie Maddoff or Hugo Chavez
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Illinois Lawmakers Propose 75 Percent Income Tax Hike
I just went and looked it up on Google. I knew I had read that. We all know what goes up seldom comes back down, lol.
Those who can move, probably will and they won’t really gain anything.
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